Under Evans Library (left column), select RefWorks. You may need to log in with your TRACKS account.

When the RefWorks screen comes up, click on "Sign up for a New Account" and fill out the form. Note: your RefWorks username and password should be different from your TRACKS username and password.

Once you have completed the registration form, you can login to RefWorks using your newly created username and password.

From off campus you may be required to enter the group code for Evans Library, RWFloridaIT (case-sensitive).

Write-N-Cite: this is a tool in RefWorks that allows you to cite your references (that are on RefWorks) while writing your paper. Can use for in-text citations, footnotes, and bibliograpy (work cited/references). When you download Write-N-Cite to Word in your computer, it installs a RefWorks tab in the MS Word ribbon, or you can access it from the References tab in MS Word.

To install Write-n-Cite and get answers to other questions please go to: RefWorks FAQ

(If you are asked for) Florida Tech Evans Library Group Code is RWFloridaIT.

Mendeley

Mendeley is a free online citation manager that allows you to store citation information and create bibliographies. With Mendeley you can also add and organize your PDFs, share information with other scholars, and look at other members' research publications. To download Mendeley go to: http://www.mendeley.com/features/.

Related Services on Campus

Understanding Citations Practice

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library has created several useful presentations that can help you understand how to read and create citations. These interactive presentations review basic citations, as well as APA and IEEE formats.

Used in the humanities and social sciences, such as literature, history, political science, and the arts. CMS uses two documentation systems for referencing sources: (1) NB - note-bibliography style through footnote or endnote citation and (2) author-date style through parenthetical in-text citation and reference list style.

Scientific Style and Format: the CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, Sixth Edition, is a detailed and authoritative manual recommending both general and scientific publication styles and formats for journals, books, and other forms of publication. It covers all sciences, not just biology and the medical sciences, and both American and British preferences are recognised.

APA

Online version of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) and more. Find guides, tutorials, quizzes, sample papers (with sample references, tables, figures) to help you master the art of scholarly writing. (Individual user accounts not needed to access the Learning Center but required to create and save references.)

What is a Citation?

A citation is a standard way to describe a published or unpublished source (book, journal article, chapter, website, figure, image, idea, etc.). This makes it easy to find the source and provides some consistency. They are found in bibilographies, reference and work cited lists in articles and books.

A citation may look different depending on the work being cited or the citation style. Most citations consist of these common elements:

author name(s)

title of book and journal (also called source title)

title of article

place of publication, publisher (for books)

volume and issue (for journal articles)

date of publication

page numbers

Example:

Angelou, Maya. A Brave and Startling Truth.

New York: Random, 1995.

Ray, Robert B. “How to Teach Cultural

Studies.” Studies in the Literary

Imagination31.1 (1998) : 25-36

What is Common Knowledge?

Common knowledge: refers to commonly known information about current events, famous people, geographical facts, or familiar history; also, an easily observed or commonly reported fact or common saying.

Exception: if you use someone's words (for ex. from a commentary, interpretation, analysis, etc.) even if they contain information that is common knowledge, you must cite the source.

Rule to follow: "If in doubt, cite it."

Citing to Avoid Plagiarism

Taken from the Student Guidebook to Resources and Citation- Pearson Publishing

1. Provide clear attribution of outside sources.

2. Identify all works and phrases taken from sources by enclosing them within quotation marks.

3. Follow all quotations, paraphrases, and summaries of outside sources with appropriate and complete citations.

4. Use your own words and sentence structure when you paraphrase.

5. Be certain that all summaries and paraphrases of your sources are accurate and objective.

6. Include all print and retrievable electronic sourcs in the References page that follows the body of your papers.

7. Provide documentation for all visual images, charts, and graphs from printed or electronic sources.